Overcast has the best audio quality. Volume normalization so all voices are the same volume and smart speed to shorten silences but still sounding natural is amazing.
Antennapod and pocket casts implementations of those features aren't good enough.
Antennapod and pocket casts implementations of those features aren't good enough.
For those unaware, you set the speed to something like 1.75x. It analyzes the audio and shortens the time within dead space (e.g., the natural pause between sentences, words, etc)
You can see this happen in real time as the smart speed display updates and you see the rate you’re listening to the podcast goes up to like 2.5x, 3x and even 4x. All because of reducing dead space. It’s insane.
Discussed previously on HN [1].